The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

WALTHAM – If you were looking for a humble, contrite Rajon Rondo in the wake of his Game 2 playoff suspension, you were looking in the wrong place at the Celtics’ practice facility this morning.

The 26-year-old point guard, who has taken a seat twice this season for run-ins with officials - and whose absence forced Paul Pierce to carry an extraordinary load in Tuesday’s series-altering victory - was largely unapologetic before today’s practice and seemingly grew frustrated with a line of questions about how the incident might cause him to change some of his ways moving forward.

“I don’t have anything to prove,” he responded when asked if he thought he had anything to prove. “Why would I have anything to prove? I just want to win. That’s it. I’m confused about why you guys (the media) would think I have anything to prove.

“The world knows what I can do.”

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To be fair, Rondo may have been responding more about what he might have to prove with his play than anything to do with his maturity. But he stopped well short of striking any hint of a remorseful tone about his tumultuous weekend in Atlanta.

While the suspension might have taken a small chunk out of Rondo’s wallet, it did nothing to damage the newly crowned NBA assist champion’s ego.

“I just have to go out there and do what I do best – be the best point guard in the NBA.”

Rondo added that he did thank his teammates for winning Game 2 without him, and seemed eager to put the whole situation in the past.

“The end result is all that matters,” he said. “Since we won (that game), I felt like we won the series already.” …

Ray Allen said before the workout he intended to practice and that his swollen right ankle has gotten progressively better in recent days.

Coach Doc Rivers confirmed Allen would give it a go, but after at least three false starts trying to get ready for a return to action, Rivers is very cautious about whether a full workout today means Allen will be a go for tomorrow’s Game 3 at TD Garden.

“Tomorrow’s what matters a lot more,” the coach said of Allen’s ankle. “(If you told me) he was definitely playing, that would be great news. He’s going to practice, but it’s going to be under my watch. He told me yesterday he was going to practice and I told him: ‘We’ll see.’

“I don’t even know what to do. Honest to God. (Trainer) Eddie (Lacerte), me, and our doctors have all talked. We don’t know if practicing is a good idea or not.

“If he practices today, and doesn’t play tomorrow, I’m going to be upset at myself.”

(Scott Souza covers the Boston Celtics for the MetroWest Daily News and GateHouse Media. He can be reached at 781-398-8006 or ssouza@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/@scott_souza.)